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    "import re\n",
    "\n",
    "class Solution:\n",
    "    def isPalindrome(self, s: str) -> bool:\n",
    "        strs = ''.join(re.split('\\W+', s)).lower()\n",
    "        length = len(strs)\n",
    "        if length == 0 or length == 1:\n",
    "            return True\n",
    "        if strs[0:length//2] == strs[-(length//2):][::-1]:\n",
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       "True"
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    "s.isPalindrome(\"A man, a plan, a canal: Panama,\")"
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